Hospice News September 11, 2024
Recent studies spanning various countries have found that location matters for patients with cancer and opioid disorders when it comes to end-of-life care delivery, costs and outcomes.
Understanding the significant factors driving global data disparity trends can help inform hospices’ service development strategies and care models. Data has become key to helping providers learn where potential pitfalls and opportunities may exist.
Opioid use associated with end-of-life disparities
Adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) face greater gaps around end-of-life support, according to a recent study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Researchers scoured patient data of nearly 680,000 decedents in Ontario, Canada who died between July 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2021. About 11,200 decedents, or 1.6%, had some type...
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